Matt Martino

Australia's Neo-Nazis sought to make their own message out of anti-immigration marches, and they succeeded.

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found organisers linked to the March for Australia protests sharing white supremacy posts on social media and, in one case, pro-Nazi and pro-Hitler memes.

Accused Porepunkah gunman Dezi Freeman's commenting history on Instagram shows a strong resistance to police authority, including mentioning dead and incinerated police.

Four people accused of murdering Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson appear in a Mexican court. A legal document reveals two of the men have alleged links to the country's notorious Sinaloa cartel. 

Hothouse Magazine has spent more than $400,000 on political Meta ads since February. Analysis shows that over 30 days it mostly targeted postcodes in seats with Climate 200-supported independent candidates. 

The full set of major party players' how-to-vote guides for the House of Representatives reveals some surprising alliances.

Unauthorised pamphlets attacking independent MP Allegra Spender have been circulating in her electorate, calling her "weak" on antisemitism.

Video and images of high winds and wild weather is emerging online as Cyclone Alfred looms over the east coast. But in between the real and terrifying visuals lurk fakes designed to fool the public. Here's how to spot them.

Voice clones have become cheaper and easier to produce than ever before. With her permission, ABC NEWS Verify used AI to clone the voice of Senator for Tasmania Jacqui Lambie, to demonstrate the danger of the technology as the federal election approaches.

Voice clones have become cheaper and easier to produce than ever before. With her permission, ABC NEWS Verify used AI to clone the voice of Senator for Tasmania Jacqui Lambie, to demonstrate the danger of the technology as the federal election approaches.

Senator Jacqui Lambie allowed ABC NEWS Verify to use inexpensive AI tools to create a robocall with her voice ahead of the federal election — it was good enough to fool some of her supporters.  

Social media giant Meta has announced an Elon Musk-inspired solution to replace its independent fact-checking model on its platforms. Community Notes has been praised by its creator, but how effective is at curbing misinformation?

Millions of Australians are expected to shop for bargains today as Black Friday sales get underway.

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has uncovered dozens of online clothing stores pretending to be high-end Australian fashion boutiques. Customers are sometimes shipped cheap, low-quality goods made in Asia, and sometimes, nothing at all.

As celebrations and commiserations followed the US election result, claims about election fraud germinated online, but this time it wasn't just from Trump supporters.

The outcome of two misleading assertions in 2022 reinforces what many in Australia have long suspected — that when it comes to the facts, there is one set of rules for politicians and another for everyone else.

An investigation into the digital footprint of Donald Trump's alleged would-be assassin Ryan Routh paints a vivid and contradictory picture of his mindset.

Artificially generated images, video and audio have flooded the internet in recent years. Take our quiz to see if you can tell real from fake.

What started as athletes attempting to compete in their chosen sport has spiralled into a story that now involves a Russia-linked official, a global social media pile-on, huge amounts of mis- and disinformation and anti-trans activists jumping in.

Only minutes after US Vice-President Kamala Harris announced she would run for president, deeply offensive false narratives about her began to resurface.

Falsehoods about former US president Donald Trump's attempted assassination are spreading online faster than journalists can assemble an accurate account of what we know. ABC News Verify has assembled the key claims, and how they have gained traction.

The near-assassination of Donald Trump was a seminal moment in US history. Through multiple live streams, map data, and eyewitness videos, here's how the rally shooting played out over 11 minutes and 9 seconds.

The runway to the next election is getting shorter by the day, and if history is any guide, it will be a hard slog for Labor to deliver the rest of its agenda, writes Matt Martino.

Minister for Defence Richard Marles says the government inherited the oldest surface fleet since WWII when it came to power, and that it was a result of the previous Coalition government. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

With an eye to the next election, Treasurer Jim Chalmers spruiked what he saw as the government's economic achievements in last night's budget speech. But did he stick to the facts?